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April 10, 2023
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Expression help? Changing opacity and holding the value for 2 seconds

  • April 10, 2023
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I have a box (shape layer) that I want to change the opacity to a random number between 0-100, then hold that opacity value for 2 seconds, then change the opacity value again to another random value, and so on...
 
Any ideas where I could find a quick copy/paste expression? Thank you. 

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Correct answer Dan Ebberts

I'd do it like this:

holdTime = 2;
seed = Math.floor((time - inPoint)/holdTime);
seedRandom(seed,true);
random(100);

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Dan Ebberts
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Dan EbbertsCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
April 10, 2023

I'd do it like this:

holdTime = 2;
seed = Math.floor((time - inPoint)/holdTime);
seedRandom(seed,true);
random(100);
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defaultjl6p4as1bj8gAuthor
Inspiring
April 10, 2023

That's it! Thank you!

Mylenium
Mylenium
Legend
April 10, 2023

seedRandom(Math.floor(time/2);

random(0,100);

 

Mylenium 

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defaultjl6p4as1bj8gAuthor
Inspiring
April 10, 2023

Thank you, however, I am still seeing a new random opacity every frame. I also added another parentheses after (time/2)); 

Any other ideas?

Mylenium
Mylenium
Legend
April 10, 2023

Yeah, my bad. Damn auto-correct when typing on the tablet. 😉

 

Mylenium 

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